Senior QA Analyst - Agile Testing & Automation Lead

Horizontal Talent; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 54,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Retirement benefits

Job summary

Horizontal Talent is seeking a Senior QA Analyst to ensure quality software delivery through thoughtful testing, collaboration, and continuous improvement. This onsite contract role fits an Agile environment with cross-functional teams, employing both manual and automated testing to support reliable business outcomes.

You will write clear test plans, execute diverse test types, and develop automated scripts to boost coverage and efficiency, while identifying defects and contributing to

Qualifications

• 5+ years of quality assurance and application testing.
• Associate degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related QA field, or equivalent experience.
• Strong understanding of QA best practices, testing methodologies, and quality processes.
• Hands-on experience testing web applications.
• Experience writing SQL queries and performing ad hoc database validation.
• Familiarity with automation tools such as Postman, Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Experience using Azure DevOps or a similar ALM tool.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to prioritize work effectively.

Responsibilities

• Partner with engineers, product owners, and stakeholders to support feature design and quality planning.
• Translate requirements into clear test plans and test cases from backlog items.
• Execute functional, regression, system, integration, load, and acceptance tests.
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts to improve coverage and reduce cycles.
• Identify, document, track, and support defect resolution throughout testing.
• Monitor quality metrics and suggest process improvements and risk reductions.
• Use testing tools and ALM platforms to manage requirements, testing docs, and reporting.
• Apply risk-based testing approaches to assess risk early in development.
• Validate both functional and non-functional requirements for web apps.

Skills

Quality assurance

Agile/Scrum

Web testing

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Associate degree in CS/IT or QA field

Tools

Postman

Selenium

Cypress

Playwright

Azure DevOps

Git

Job description

Horizontal Talent is seeking a Senior QA Analyst to ensure quality software delivery through thoughtful testing, collaboration, and continuous improvement. This onsite contract role fits an Agile environment with cross-functional teams, employing both manual and automated testing to support reliable business outcomes.

You will write clear test plans, execute diverse test types, and develop automated scripts to boost coverage and efficiency, while identifying defects and contributing to